Supreme Court justice Koch to retire in 2014

He'll be dean of Nashville School of Law

6:00 AM,
Dec. 20, 2013

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William C. Koch Jr.

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Brian Haas
| The Tennessean

Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William C. Koch Jr. will retire in July, making him the second justice planning to retire in 2014.

Koch announced his impending retirement Thursday and said he will become dean of the Nashville School of Law. He started his career as a part-time law clerk in 1971 to Attorney General David Pack and became an assistant attorney general the next year. He was first appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1984 and served for 23 years.

Gov. Phil Bredesen in 2007 appointed him to the Tennessee Supreme Court. ...